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E. 1. Smmt INNER DOOR FOR CARS.

APPLLCATION FIkED NOV. Il.

Patented June 3, 1919.

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I. IIIIIIILIIII Patented J une 3, 1919.

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EDWARD J. SEUR, oF-NEw ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

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To aZ whom z'tmay oon-cera."v

, Be it known that II, EDWARD J. SHUR, a citizen of the United States,` residing'at 1N ew Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements .in Inner Doors forl Cars-Tof which the following is a specification.

Myv present invention pertains to cars, ymore particularly refrigerator carsof the kind disclosed iny my contemporary application filed Sept.` 18, 1915," Serial Number 51,425.

The .object of `present inventionis'th'e'l (provision'of'an', overhead,` slidable openwork door,`calculate'din its operative-position-to protect bananas vagainst mutilation 'or theft when the ordinary outer door of the car is openand at the same time afford-,am-A ple ventilation. l

` The invention will\be fully understood from the following description and claim,

when .the same are read in connection'with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which;

Figurel is a longitudinalvertical sectionA showing my novel .inner door as closed. l A Fig. 2 is a transverse lsection of thev sa me`. Fig. 3 is a similar' view with the doorin its raised, idle position.

` Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view. showing disconnected portions of the door sections.

Figris' a detailed section, on an enlarged scale, showing the connection between one end ofl a ldoor slat and the'adjacent guide member. i Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in'all `ofthe view-S of the drawings.

I 'The car body 1 isprovided, by preference,

with a false, open-work Hoor 2, and is also provided with conventional door openings 3, only one of which is illustrated. I Awou-ld have` it understood here that any suitable outside door may be 'employed` to control the opening 3, but inasmuch as said outside door forms no 'part of myv invention, I have" deemed it unnecessary to illustrate the same.

In furtherance of my invention, I provide at opposite sides of the opening 3 guide members 4, which are of circular form in cross-section and are slotted throughout their length, as indicated by 5. The said guide members are yfined in the body 1, and comprise vertical portions 6 Vadjacent to the opening 3, intermediate curvilinear portions '7 above the opening 3, and' upper substan-V dian line of the car roof, as shown in F ige;

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jue 3, 1919.

Appiication med November 11,1916. l serial No 130,814. i'

tially horizontal portions 3,-whiclr extend to points adjacent tothe longitudinal me- 2 and 3.

My inner door is preferably, though not necessarily, formed in two sections, the upper. section being provided with a hasp 9,

and the lower section with a staple 10,

through themedium of whichthe4 sections maybe connected together so as to be susceptible of movement as a unit when the same is -deemed expedient. It will be manifest from the foregoing that whenl desired the lower section, numbered` 11 -in Fig. 4, may be left in its lowerm'ost position, while the upper section, numbered 12, may be moved to the position shown in Fig. 3, in which it will remain'of itself. Thus, when desired, the lower portion of the opening 3.

may be barred while the upper portion may be leftfree. Each of the sections 11 and 12, comprises spaced slats 13, hinges 14 connect- Ving` the slats 13 and having their pintles arranged in the spaces between the slats, Fig.

i' 2, and protective members 4inthe vform of "i bifurcated plates 15 straddling-and fixed to the ends of the slats, Fig. 5, and provided at their outer ends with projections 16 which are fiat in form as will be seen'by comparison of Figsi 4 and 5. The saidv projections 16-of the slats are disposed in the guide members 4, and hence it will be manifest that the inner door may be expeditiously and easily moved from the position shown. in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3 and'vice versa.

For the purpose of maintaining the door in'its idle raised position, I provide the hook 17. The saidhook 17 ishinged at 18 to lugs on'one guide member 4 and is desined to be positioned as shown in F ig; 3 after the slatted door is raised to the full extent. Manifestly, whenit is desired to place the door in its working position, it is simply necessary t0 swing .the hook support inwardly and o ut of 'engagement' with the lowermost slat, when the door may be moved for an indefinite periodinasmuch as the only parts subjected to wear are the hinges 14,

`the plates 15 and the guide members 4. It

will also be manifest that tlie plates 15 effectualfly guard `the ends of the slats and the members 4:.

preclude frictional wear ofthe .Same against lIt willbe gathered from the foregoing.

that my novel inner door is simple and inex- ,l pensive in constructiomand is calculated to -claim and ldesire to secure by Letters Pat? ent, isr' y The combination of avbodv having` a door opening, vertically-disposed guide members fixed to the body; at opposite sides of said 1 1 opening, andan in'ner, yertically-slidable vdoQrcomprising spaced, lhorizontally-dis posed and vertically movable -slatshaving their ends disposed and movable in the guide members',4 and hinges interposed between land y connecting the spaced slats andhaving opposedl members and pintles; the said opposed members and the pintles being disposed be'- tweenr thev slatsto `e'ect the-flexible connection thereof and maintain the slats in spaced relation to 'afford ventilation.

I In testimonywvhereof I have .hereunto set l my handin presence 'of ,two subscribing 

